High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Concentrations in Patients with Chest Discomfort: Is It the Heart or the Kidneys As Well?

• Eline P. M. Cardinaels,

  Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Sibel Altintas,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Mathijs O. Versteylen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Ivo A. Joosen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Laurens-Jan C. Jellema,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

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• Joachim E. Wildberger,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Marco Das,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Harry J. Crijns,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Otto Bekers,

  Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Marja P. van Dieijen-Visser,

  Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Bastiaan L. Kietselaer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bastiaan L. Kietselaer, Alma M. A. Mingels

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Radiology, CARIM, MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Alma M. A. Mingels

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bastiaan L. Kietselaer, Alma M. A. Mingels

  * E-mail: alma.mingels@mumc.nl

  Affiliation Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands

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